Black Moth Super Rainbow to perform at Union Transfer

Judging by the band’s name, you would expect the music made by Black Moth Super Rainbow to be of the spacey, trippy variety -- and you’d be right on the money.

Black Moth Super Rainbow, which will be in Philadelphia for a show Dec. 7 at Union Transfer, exists in two forms -- as a solo outlet for some of Thomas Fec’s seemingly boundless creativity and as a touring multi-member rock band.

“The live band has been around for eight years,” said Fec, during a recent phone interview. “For me, it’s always been an evolving studio project.

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“As far as the writing goes -- and the making of records -- it’s just me. When Black Moth Super Rainbow plays live, it’s a band with guitars bass, drums and synthesizers. The drummer and the keyboard player have been with me since the beginning.”

Black Moth Super Rainbow’s most recent album is “Cobra Juicy”, which was released a few months ago.

“I started working on the album in the summer of 2010,” said Fec, who grew up just north of Pittsburgh. “I did the album all on my own with samples. Songwriting is sporadic for me. I don’t consider myself a songwriter.

“I don’t ever sit down to make music. If it happens, I might put it down -- or I might not. Everything is sporadic. Sometimes, I’ll finish a song in one afternoon. Other times, it might take three years.”

In the last nine years, Black Moth Super Rainbow has released five albums -- “Falling Through a Field” (2003), “Start a People” (2004), “Dandelion Gum” (2007), “Eating Us” (2009) and “Cobra Juicy” (2012).

“I’ve done a number of albums as Black Moth Super Rainbow,” said Fec. “I also have another project called Tobacco that is running parallel. The music is similar but a little heavier. There are two Tobacco albums out now. My next project will be making a new Tobacco album -- eventually.”